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Armenian Mirzoyan thieves $510 million from the Russian banks

04 December 2008 08:03 (UTC +04:00)

The criminal group misappropriated $510 million credits from more than 20 banks by swindling, APA reports. Resident of Kaliningrad Edward Mirzoyan, a doctor of Armenian national and Andrei Morozov led the group, which is accused in founding of counterfeit firms and misappropriating of huge credits taken from the banks on the plea of purchasing the medical equipment from abroad. Investigators made clear that Mirzoyan and Morozov founded more than 30 counterfeit firms over the past two years, which were functioning only on paper. The firms paid interest rates on credit at first not to cause suspicion, but then they refused to pay off credit under the pretense of bankruptcy. There are many well-known banks among the victims of criminal group. Edward Mirzoyan left 18 roentgen and 2 nuclear magnetic resonance systems as a deposit and took 257 million rubles of loan from the Sberbankâ€™s Kaliningrad branch. When the bank intended to buy deposits, it was found out that the boxes were empty. The crime group left wheels in the boxes of medical equipment in other bank. The criminal group is charged with misappropriating of huge money by swindling and legalization of criminal money.